Issues
NHTSA Fines APC $650,000
On April 22, 2003 NHTSA and American Products Company (APC) entered into a settlement agreement of $650,000 related to APC lamp assemblies’ failure to conform to FMVSS 108, APC’s failure to provide the requisite notifications in regard to these assemblies, and APC’s failure to provide full and accurate responses to NHTSA information requests.
NHTSA fines NexL $100,000
On September 16, 2004, NHTSA and NexL Sports Products LLC entered into a $100,000 settlement agreement related to NexL’s failure to bring motorcycle helmets into compliance with FMVSS No. 218.
NHTSA fines Takata $50,000
On January 10, 1997, NHTSA fined the Takata Corporation in the amount of $50,000 for failure to recall seat belt buckles in a timely manner.
NHTSA fines Chrysler $95,000
On January 2, 2001, DaimlerChrysler Corporation and NHTSA entered a settlement agreement in the amount of $95,000 related to NHTSA’s investigation into Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 114 Compliance by model year 1996-2000 vehicles.
Ford fined $50,000 by NHTSA
On March 16, 1998, Ford Motor Company and NHTSA agreed to a $50,000 civil penalty settlement regarding Recall Query RQ97-001. The complete text of the penalty agreement may be found here.
Internal Ford documents about Explorer rollovers take a look at engineering
These days, federal safety investigators are scrutinizing Toyota, seeking the elusive causes behind hundreds of reports of unintended acceleration.
But a decade ago, the federal safety agency were facing another high-profile technical mystery: More than 100 people had died in Ford Explorers. Was it faulty Firestone tires or was the Explorer itself too prone to rollover?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration eventually sided with the automaker, blaming the tires and rejecting charges that the popular sport-utility vehicle was unstable.